Worthless Word for the Day

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the worthless word for the day is: pot-walloper

1) a person who qualified to vote in parts of
England by having boiled (walloped) his own pot
for six months, thereby establishing residency
2) one who cleans pots; a scullion [U.S. slang]
According to Morris, the railroad trip west wasn't worth taking until a young Englishman, Fred Harvey, began providing food along the way. Harvey, who started out in New York as a ``pot walloper'' (dishwasher), longed for his own first-class restaurant. When he took a job as a railroad freight agent to finance his dream he saw a chance to replace the notoriously bad station cafe food with fine fare in quality restaurants. ``Harvey Houses'' on the Santa Fe line became legendary.... -from Kirkus reviews